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  • controlled healthcare cost
  • increased access to health care
  • signed into law on march 23, 2010
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Affordable Care Act ACA

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why is the health of health care rising ?

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  • medical technology
  • prescribed drugs
  • inadequate preventive service
  • aging population
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what causes inefficiencies and disparities?

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health outcomes

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are a change in the health status of an individual, group or population which is attributable to a planned intervention or series of interventions

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health outcomes

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is a health care program that assists low-income families or individuals in paying for long-term medical and custodial care costs. funded by federal government and ran by the state level

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Medicaid

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a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

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epidemics

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is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.

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Vaccines

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is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including sex.

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Life Expectancy

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a long individual life; great duration of individual life

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Longevity

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What influences globalization?

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local and international environment

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is a federal agency that conducts and supports health promotion, prevention and preparedness activities in the United States, with the goal of improving overall public health

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CDC

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created through the Affordable Care Act, comprises 20 federal departments, agencies and offices and is chaired by the Surgeon General.

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National Prevention Council

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who has a powerful role in health care?

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The Federal government

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an international research effort to sequence and map all of the genes - together known as the genome - of members of our species, Homo sapiens. Completed in April 2003, the HGP gave us the ability, for the first time, to read nature’s complete genetic blueprint for building a human being.

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Human genome project

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refers to a range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication, as well as by unique strengths and differences.

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ASD (Autism spectrum disorders)

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places to work in the healthcare industry

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hospitals, free clinics, ambulatory healthcare centers, government agencies, rehabilitation centers

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what is the professional heart of all medical practice

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deliver primary patient care, train health personnel, conduct research, disseminate information to consumers

19
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what is the second largest business in the United States?

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Hospitals

20
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around what time were the first hospitals started ?

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Civil War

21
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Types of hospitals in the United States

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  • proprietary hospital
  • community hospitals
  • voluntary hospitals
  • network hospitals
  • hospital systems
22
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How was the very first mental health facilities

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began as warehouses for large numbers of poor, homeless, and social misfits

23
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What was the primary goal of old mental health facilities?

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protect the public

24
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what was the major breakthroughs that led to the real treatment of mental illnesses

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Development of psychopharmaceuticals in the 1950s

25
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Patient’s Bill of Rights

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states the responsibilities of the hospital and staff toward the patient and his or her family

26
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Who developed the Patient’s Bill of Rights

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American Hospital Association (AHA) in 1973

27
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To enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans by providing for effective health and human service and fostering advances in medicine, public health, and social services

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Mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( USDHSS )

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What USDHHS is responsible

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  • medicare and medicaid
  • public health
  • biomedical research
  • food and drug safety
  • disease control and prevention
  • indian health
  • mental health services
29
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address quality and cost for a certain population

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(ACOs)

30
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  • federal health program for people age 65 years and older.

- certain disabled people younger than 65

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medicare

31
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  • people who are not eligible for health insurance through employer and cannot afford to buy health insurance.
  • people with income below poverty level
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medicaid

32
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what does ACO stand for ?

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accountable care organizations

33
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what does SCHIP stand for?

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state children’s health insurance program

34
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provides healthcare coverage for low- income children who do not qualify for medicaid

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SCHIP

35
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first prepayment plan to cover physicians services?

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield

36
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difference between HMO and EPO?

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does not require that primary care provider makes referrals to specialist

37
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common chronic diseases in the elderly

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  • stroke
  • arthritis
  • diabetes
  • chronic lower respiratory diseases
  • dementia
  • Alzheimer’s diease
38
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provides comprehensive preventive, primary, acute, and long-term care services so older individuals with chronic
care needs can continue living in the community

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PACE

39
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  • decrease the number of uninsured
  • increase the quality and efficiency of health care
  • slow the rising costs of health
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goals of ACA

40
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includes incentives for healthcare providers to improve the quality and efficiency of health care

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HRRP

41
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refers to procedures, equipment, and processes by which medical care is delivered

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medical technology

42
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refers to an array of technologies to record, store, retrieve, protect, share, and analyze health information

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health information technology (Health IT)

43
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3 categories of health care

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  • healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
  • healthcare support occupations
  • community and social service occupations and personal care and services.

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